Literary Terms Review ~ English 6 Final Exam

plot

The order the author arranges the events in the story to create conflict and suspense is called __________.

conflict

A struggle between opposing forces is the ____________.

-person vs person (protagonist vs antagonist)

-person vs self (internal conflict)

-person vs nature

-person vs. society

character trait

A ___________ is a word that describes how a person/character acts, thinks, or feels most of the time.

One can figure out a __________ by looking at what a person/character says, does, or thinks in a story or in real life.

theme

The message the author is trying to put across to the reader is ____________.

setting

The time and place in which a story happens is the ______________.

tone

The attitude that a writer takes towards what he or she is writing is __________.

mood

The atmosphere that exists within a written work and how the reader feels while reading it is called __________.

point of view (POV)

The perspective from which a story is told is the ___________.

First person narrator (POV)

A _________ __________ is also a character in the story and who refers to him/herself as "I" or "me."

Third Person narrator (POV)

A _________ _________ is not a character in the story and reveals the thoughts of only one character as "he" or "she" (limited).

Omniscient narrator

An ____________ ____________ is all-knowing and can reveal the thoughts of any and all the characters.

symbolism

A device in literature where an object represents an idea and this is called ___________.

flashback

A pause in the action of a story to tell of events that took place before the story began is called a _____________.

foreshadowing

The hints the author gives about events that are going to happen later in the story is called ______________.

protagonist

A ____________ is the main character in a story—the one the story is mostly about.

antagonist

An ___________ is the character or force that works against the main character in a story.

They often cause problems or create conflict for the main character, who is called the protagonist.

dialogue

The words that characters say to each other in a story, movie, or play is called ________. It shows how characters talk, feel, and interact.